The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google may walk away from its proposed advertising deal. The Journal is reporting that both Yahoo and Google may walk away from the deal as early as next week because as reported here for some time, the Department Of Justice is looking to block the deal. On Wednesday, J.P. Morgan Internet analyst Imran Khan, in a note to clients said Yahoo should … [Read more...]
What Public Tech Comany Has The Most Cash: Google, Microsoft, Intel?, NO
So far one of the most interesting items to come out of earnings season on Wall Street so far, is the amount of free cash each tech company has, that is cash over debt. So which high tech company has the most cash on hand? It may surprise you to see its not Google or Microsoft. Its not Intel or Cisco. It's Apple. According to its most recent financial report, Apple’s cash hoard … [Read more...]
ASK.Com Tinkers With Their Search Results Again
Ask.com, rolled out a new product today which they claims improves the speed and relevance of search results. When Ask.com came out with its "ASK 3D" product in June 2007, which marked the site moved away from the traditional method of showing search results as a long list and instead sorted them into three vertical panels, one of which included photos and other multimedia content related to … [Read more...]
Fox News Joins A Social Networking Site, But Not The One Fox Owns
Fox News has decided to join a Social Network and its not the one Fox owns, myspace, but Facebook. Fox will roll out a redesigned Facebook page using seemingly every feature that the site offers: discussion boards, a wall for users’ comments, reviews, polls and photo submissions. Most important, the network has designed a video player built for social networking: users can watch Fox videos, … [Read more...]
American Airlines First US Airline to Have WiFi
American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights on Wednesday, making American the first U.S. airline to offer full in-flight broadband. Passengers flying on Boeing 767-200 aircraft can pay $12.95 for Internet access on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and New York and Miami. Delta Air Lines Inc said this month it … [Read more...]
CNN: US at Risk of Cyberattack
According to a report in CNN today the next large scale military or terrorist attack on the United States maybe a cyber one. Internet security experts believe such an attack could be just as devastating to the U.S.'s economy and infrastructure as a deadly bombing. Experts point to last week's cyber attack on the former Soviet republic of Georgia, Hackers mounted … [Read more...]
Spam, Malware and Forged Sites, Still on the Rise Despite Arrests
According to a report released today by the Marshal Threat Research and Content Engineering (TRACE) report for the first half of 2008, cyber criminals are using 'blended attacks' to distribute malware and links to hacked websites via email on an unprecedented scale. Unpatched browsers are putting more than 45 percent of Internet users at risk when they visit legitimate Websites infected with … [Read more...]